Prosecutors accuse Luigi Mangione’s lawyers of fanning publicity around him and call out hidden heart-shaped notes in socks
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Luigi Mangione’s fashion choices at his latest court appearance have caught the attention of Manhattan prosecutors who are accusing his lawyers of encouraging the publicity around him.
Luigi Mangione’s fashion choices at his latest court appearance have caught the attention of Manhattan prosecutors who are accusing his lawyers of encouraging the publicity around him. Prosecutors told a judge Tuesday that Mangione’s defense team has “fanned the flames” of publicity in the murder case, which has already captivated the public’s attention and attracted supporters for the 26-year-old accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in midtown Manhattan. At the criminal courthouse last month, dozens of supporters – many wearing green tops and hats – waited in the blistering cold to show support for Mangione, who has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges related to the December 4 shooting. Mangione arrived at the February 21 court appearance with his hands and ankles shackled, wearing a bulletproof vest over a green sweater. Prosecutors wrote in a Tuesday court filing that Mangione’s defense team gave him the green sweatshirt to wear to his court appearance “consistent with what his sympathizers were calling for supporters to wear.” The defense “has on the one hand cried foul when entities outside the People’s control have made public statements or gestures, while on the other has itself fanned the flames of the public attention,” prosecutors wrote.

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